Special Session 7

AI-Driven Risk Assessment, Interoperability and Trusted Operations for Civil Security and Border Management

Europe’s civil security and border management systems face increasing pressure to balance stringent security requirements with the need for efficient and seamless mobility of people and goods. High-traffic border environments are characterized by continuous movement, heterogeneous data sources, fragmented legacy systems and strict legal and ethical constraints, complicating threat detection, operational coordination and resource allocation.

At the same time, emerging threats, including cross-border crime, disinformation and hybrid threats, identity fraud and cyber-enabled criminal activities, require advanced, interoperable and trustworthy AI solutions capable of supporting intelligence-driven operations across multiple domains.

This special session is jointly organised by the Horizon Europe-funded projects AVALANCHE (GA: 101168393), ENSEMBLE (GA: 101168360), GANNDALF (GA: 101167951) and ORION (GA: 101158432), which collectively advance the application of AI for civil security, law enforcement and border management. The session aims to bring together researchers, engineers, policymakers and practitioners from academia, industry, border authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to present and discuss innovative, operationally validated AI solutions addressing real-world border and civil security challenges, in strong alignment with the objectives of EEITE 2026.

Key Enhancements:

• Stronger opening: Emphasizes the transformative impact of the digital revolution on the criminal landscape.
• Focus on key takeaways: Introduction of impactful and emerging technologies and solutions for SMEs and LEAs for fighting crime and terrorism.
• Transformative solutions and significance: Explicitly mentioned methodologies, algorithms, tools, and solutions extending the State-of-the-Art (SotA) in fighting crime and terrorism.